Graduate Psychology

Counseling Psychology

COURSE OF STUDY OVERVIEW
To obtain a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, students must specialize in one of two tracks. Track A, Mental Health Counseling, offers a traditional counseling psychology curriculum designed to prepare the student to work in a wide variety of mental health settings. Track B, the Child and Adolescent Counseling Track, offers a counseling psychology curriculum designed to prepare students to work with children, adolescents, and families in both public and private set-tings.

COURSE OFFERINGS AND CREDIT
Courses are offered evenings and weekends, each semester and summer. The normal load for a full-time graduate student is three courses, or nine semester hours. For those with full-time jobs, the normal semester load would be two courses, or six semester hours. Half-time status is defined as five semester hours.